Simple Children's Recipes

When it comes to snacks whether it is in the lunch box or throughout the day, fruit is always a great go to in our home but sometimes it is nice to have something different and keeping it healthy too! So, recently we experimented and came up with a new favourite in our home and hopefully yours too!

Ingredients

110g unsalted butter

1/2 Cup of Honey

110g desiccated coconut

3 Cups of Oats

180g of Dates

250g of Figs

1 Bananna

Juice & rind of a small orange

Method

Preheat your oven to 160 degrees celcius

Place parchment onto a tray and add 2 cups of the oats onto the tray to toast lightly in the oven for about 5 - 10 minutes

Prepare an additional tray with parchment or alternatively you can use the tray you used for the oats, once they are toasted

Gently melt the butter in a pot

Add the oats (including the toasted oats once they are done) and the desiccated coconut to a mixing bowl

Dice the dates, figs and banana and add them to your bowl

Add the honey and juice and rind of the orange

Once the butter is melted, add it to the mixture and stir well until all of the ingredients are combined

Spread the mixture onto the prepared tray and smooth it out to about 1cm in thickness

Place the tray in the oven and they should be ready in about 15 - 20 minutes or once are a little golden brown

Once they are ready remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tray for about 5 minutes before cutting them in to pieces. Once cut, place them onto a rack to cool further before placing into an airtight container.....if they last that long to make it to the container!

For an experimental recipe, these were a bit hit and didn't last long in our home! If you try this recipe I would love to hear how you get on with them. ​Feel free to tag us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram